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Adherence to the PSMF duration is strongly correlated with the magnitude of weight loss.
Your results are directly tied to how long you stick to the diet plan. The study shows that patients who stayed on the PSMF longer lost more weight.
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Success in weight loss was greatest in the heaviest patients, those who adhered the longest to the PSMF, and those who stayed the longest in the maintenance program.
Why this rating
Correlational data from an observational cohort.
Source
Multidisciplinary treatment of obesity with a protein-sparing modified fast: results in 668 outpatients.
Aviva Palgi et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 1985
DOI 10.2105/ajph.75.10.1190
cohort · n=668Cited 84×
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